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Puerto Rico beats Turkey 75-71 to reach Women’s Basketball World Cup quarterfinal playoff

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Puerto Rico defeated Turkey 75-71 to finish third in Group C at the Women’s Basketball World Cup.
  • A 16-2 run at the start of the fourth quarter gave Puerto Rico control after Turkey led for much of the game.
  • Puerto Rico will face the runner-up from Group D on September 9 for a place in the quarterfinals.

Puerto Rico stayed alive at the Women’s Basketball World Cup by beating Turkey 75-71 in the decisive game for third place in Group C.

Turkey led 58-51 entering the final quarter, but Puerto Rico changed the game with a 16-2 run. Two consecutive three-pointers from Pamela Rosado put Puerto Rico ahead 59-58, while Guirantes, Pagan and San Antonio extended the lead to 67-60.

Turkey tried to respond through Erdogan and Cakir, cutting the deficit to 71-68. McGee Stafford and Guirantes then made their free throws to secure the victory.

Guirantes led Puerto Rico with 21 points. San Antonio scored 18, McGee Stafford added 16, and Rosado finished with nine. Turkey’s Sevgi Uzun also scored 18 points.

Puerto Rico will play the runner-up from Group D on Wednesday, September 9. That opponent will come from the China-Italy game.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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